answer transition questions

PRACTICE Add Transition Words

Read the following paragraphs. In each blank, add a transition that would smoothly connect the ideas. In each case, there is more than one correct answer.

Example

LifeGem, a Chicago company, has announced that it can turn cremated human ashes into high-quality diamonds. After cremation, the ashes are heated to convert their carbon to graphite. Then, a lab wraps the graphite around a tiny diamond piece and again heats it and pressurizes it. After about a week of crystallizing, the result is a diamond. Because of the time and labor involved, this process can cost as much as $20,000. Although the idea is very creative, many people will think it is also very weird.

1. Frida Kahlo (1907–1954) is one of Mexico’s most famous artists. From an early age, she had an eye for color and detail. __________________, it was not until she was seriously injured in a traffic accident that she devoted herself to painting. __________________ her recovery, she went to work on what would become the first of many self-portraits. __________________, she married the famous muralist Diego Rivera. __________________ Rivera was unfaithful to Kahlo, their marriage was difficult. __________________, Kahlo continued to develop as an artist and produce great work. Rivera may have summed up Kahlo’s paintings the best, describing them as “acid and tender, hard as steel and delicate and fine as a butterfly’s wing, lovable as a beautiful smile, and profound and cruel as the bitterness of life.”

2. Many fast-food restaurants are adding healthier foods to their menus. __________________, several kinds of salads are now on most menus. These salads offer fresh vegetables and roasted, rather than fried, chicken. __________________, be careful of the dressings, which can be very high in calories. __________________, avoid the huge soft drinks that have large amounts of sugar. __________________, skip the french fries. They are high in fat and calories and do not have much nutritional value.